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"Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, bu..." — C. S. Lewis

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.
C. S. Lewis
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